Harness-pad



No Model.)

H. L. NARAMORE.

HARNESS PAD.

No. 423,797. 'Patented Ma.1. 18, 1890.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

HENRY L. NARAMORE, OF SHARON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HARNESS-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,79*?, dated March 18, 1890.

Application led September 17, 1886. Serial No. 213,771. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. NARAMORE, of Sharon, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HarnessPads, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of my invention to provide an improvement in the harness-pad shown and described in United States Letters Patent No. 302,548, granted to Dorr and Tamplin July 29, 1884.

By my improvement objections met with in the use of the aforesaid harness-pad are overcome, said improvement consisting of a pad comprising a backing or ground fabric, preferably of coarsely-woven cloth, having tufts. of unspun wool or hair secured to it 'in the form of doubled uncut loops, all as is hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Of the drawings hereto annexed and forming a part of this specification, Figure l represents a face or right side of a piece of my improved pad, showing also a portion of the ground fabric of the pad as unprovided .with the loops of wool or hair. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line oc of Fig. 1. Fig. is a perspective view of a harness breastplate embodying my improvement. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail showing a piece of fabric for l1arness-pads,'a part of which, embodying certain features of my improvement, is con` trasted with a part having out loops, the fabric being represented as bent in order to the better compare the two constructions and showthe before-mentioned features of my im provement.

Similar lett-ers of reference designate simi lar parts or features in all of the views.

In carrying out my improvement I take unspun wool or hair, preferably undyed and otherwise unchemically treated, shorn from live healthy animals in its natural state, and secure itin the form of doubled uncut loops a to a ground fabric b. This may be doneby drawing the wool through between the warp and weft of the ground fabric, which latter is by preference loosely woven of coarse threads or yarns, as shown. When the tufts a are formed on the ground fabric in this way, the portion c of the wool or hair extending between two tufts may be arranged on the back of the ground fabric and be drawn down quite tight or close thereon in order to make the base of the pad as firm and compactv as possible.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the pad before described as secured to the leathern supportl Yof a harness breastplate or collar.

The loops or tufts a are made as long as desirable, and they are in all instances composed of wool or hair made in the form of doubled uncut loops, so that each loop will form a separate and independent tuft or bunch that will part from adjacent loops or bunches when the pad is bent outward to any considerable extent, leaving spaces between the loops, and thus providing for a ventilation of the pad, which is a matter of great importance by way of securing the healthfulness of its use.

In Fig. at I khave shown certain loops d as cut and as they will appear after slight use, contrasting the same With the uncut loops a, embodying certain features of my improve ment after the same extent of use, the backing fabric being shown as slightly bent. As shown, the tendency of the cut loops d is to mat or felt together upon the slightest use, forming a compact mass that cannot in any convenient way be ventilated or aired, while the uncut loops o, not only form a'somewhat uneven face for the pad, as shown in Fig. l, which provides for ventilation between the face of the pad and the body of the animal, but there is a tendency of the fleece cornposing each loop to slightly mat or felt together independent of each and every other loop, providing for ventilation between the loops when the pad is bent, as hereinbefore fully explained. It is also to be noted that by leaving the loops uncut, as in my improvement, the face of the pad is made more elastic or springy in character than is the case where the loops are cut.

By forming the tufts a of wool or hair undyed and not having been passed through a tanning vat or otherwise chemically treated, such wool or hair being Asheared from live healthy animals, all of the well-known natural healing properties of the material are IOC retained, so that the pads not only prevent galling and chafng, but actually tend to cure such injuries or nilings where they already exist. l

Having thus described my invention, what said support, the ground fabric having' tufts of unspun Wool or hair secured thereto in the forni of doubled'unout loops, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed lnynzunc to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses, this 10th day of September7 A. D. 1886.

` HENRY L. NARAMORE.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR W. CRossLEY, C. F. BROWN. 

